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NURSING HOMES

 

DEFINITION: "Facilities providing care for elderly persons too ill or disabled to live independently but who are not ill enough to require hospitalization. Nursing homes are also known as "extended-care" or "subacute care" facilities. Although subject to both state and federal regulations, the quality of care in nursing homes varies widely. Reports of both insurance fraud and patient abuse have been widespread, leading patients and their families to push for additional reforms." (Encyclopedia of Social Issues)

 

NARROW THE TOPIC:

·         Despite the country's aging population, the proportion of elderly Americans living in nursing homes has declined during the past decade. Why?

·         Compare and contrast a nursing home with the assisted living facilities?

·         Nursing home residents are assured basic rights by Florida law. What are those laws?

·         What is nursing home abuse?

·         How can abuse in nursing homes be prevented?

·         Is it better for the elderly to live at home with their family?

·         Should nursing homes laws be reformed?

·         What is guardianship?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Nursing Homes

 

SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:

Fact Book on Aging	REF HQ 1064 .U5 V4941 1990
Magill’s Legal Guide	REF KF385 .M35 2000
West's Encyclopedia of American Law	REF KF 154 .W47 1998

 

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

Opposing Viewpoints An Aging Population:

CQ Researcher  "Caring for the Elderly"      Feb 20, 1998

Encyclopedia of Family Life

Florida Statutes - Ch.400

Issues & Controversies  "Nursing-Home Care"         Dec 29, 1995 p.184

 

STATISTICS:

Florida Statistical Abstract

Information Plus: Growing Old in America; Health (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

FactSearch (First Search) Database

Statistical Abstract of the United States  (also at Reference Desk)

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Premier

Expanded Academic ASAP

OmniFile Full Text Mega

Health and Wellness Resource Center

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS:

Miami Herald

Sun Sentinel

NewsBank

 

INTERNET SITES:

American Assoc. of Homes and Services for the Aging	http://www.aahsa.org/advocacy/nursing_homes/default.asp
Guide to Choosing a Nursing Home	http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/nurshm1.htm
HCFA - Nursing Home Compare	http://www.medicare.gov/Nursing/Overview.asp
Medline Plus	http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nursinghomes.html
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration	http://www.fdhc.state.fl.us/

                                                                                    

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